My 1979

The sun had just come out and the dew on the grass had not yet dried. Li He rubbed his eyes, then slurped his mouth with water from the ditch and started working.

As He Long opened up wasteland in the countryside every day, Li He suffered enough. He regretted a little, regretting that he should not have come.

He originally thought he would just come out to meet the scene, join in the fun, feel the natural scenery, and cultivate his sentiments. Maybe he could compose a few impromptu poems, or sing a song no matter how bad he was.

He also fantasized about eating different game every day, but the reality was cruel. He didn't even have the chance to hold chopsticks. A big bag of steamed buns was his food for the whole day.

These steamed buns are steamed and brought over from home. When you want to eat them, you can bake them or soak them in boiling water.

This is the most fertile land in China.

Originally a place of exile and sparsely populated, it is now a reclamation area.

In the past few years, due to low food prices, farming always lost money. Family workers in farm areas were not very motivated, and large tracts of land were left uncultivated.

However, in recent years, the reclamation area has begun to implement the household contract system. Many households can contract hundreds of acres of land, and many farmers from other places have also come here to contract land.

Many people have become households worth ten thousand yuan by renting land and living a well-off life. There are also those who lost money on land leases and had too many debts, so they simply left the farm and went to open up wasteland on their own. This is a business without capital.

City dwellers like the He family all came to contract land or open up wasteland. He Long, who had no job in the city, simply contracted 300 acres of land in the reclamation area, and the contracting fee for one acre was less than 20 yuan.

Most of the He family's land is cultivated land. As long as the land is plowed and planted in the season, it will be fine. But there is still most of it uncultivated wasteland.

In order to deal with these unopened lands, the entire He family went into battle. He didn't even return home. He built a wooden pole in a herringbone shape and covered it with grass. It was a shack where he could stay. The next day, he went to open up wasteland.

There are all the pots and pans in the shack. The occasional meal of pork stewed vermicelli is a good way to remember the sweetness and bitterness. It’s a combination of the old and the new society!

In addition to puddles, there are dense rivers on the fertile uncultivated land. There are also some slopes and highlands, with patches of scattered forests on them. The main tree species are poplars, birches, and oaks. There are also some hazelnuts, Low shrubs such as willow willow and willow tree.

Before clearing the wasteland, these sparse trees on the wasteland must be uprooted.

Because there were a lot of blisters and there were no ridges, the tractor couldn't drive in, so people had to use shovels to dig out the tree roots one by one. Li He and He Long did the work of digging the trees, and He Long did it. It was easy, but Li He was not easy, because he had done less farm work and had no endurance. Not only his hands were worn out, but also the soles of his feet had a new layer of skin, and every step he took hurt.

Of the five words "especially able to endure hardship", he achieved the first four...

It's not that he can't endure hardship, but he has endured enough hardship in his previous life, and he doesn't plan to endure hardship again in this life.

He Fang followed her mother and sister-in-law to cut bushes and weeds with a sickle, and smiled at Li He who was sighing from time to time. Li He felt aggrieved. He felt that he had been deceived. If he had known it was so hard, he would not have come to work!

He has proven through practice that to please your mother-in-law, you must do what you can!

There are blue skies and fresh air in the black land. Li He likes it very much.

He loves this fat black man so much.

But let him work like a donkey from dawn to dusk every day!

He can't agree!

That’s probably how Ye Gong loves dragons!

Li He suggested, "How about hiring someone? We can work until the end of the year!"

The endless wasteland as far as the eye could see made him a little desperate.

He Fang pointed to the distance and said, "Look at whether everyone around here works like this. Who can be stupider than the other? If we could hire people, they would have hired them long ago. How could it be your turn?" Educated Youth They are all gone, and there is no one to do the work. Each farm recruits people from other rural areas, and the wages are not counted, but the household registration is also given. Even if people are recruited, they may not be able to support them. The current policy is whoever opens up wasteland can To whom does it belong? Whoever sees this fertile land is not jealous, how can he care about the treatment of the farm?"

He Fang's words sounded reasonable to Li He, but he still asked without giving up, "Just give me more money. As long as you come and help me work, give me more money."

He Fang smiled and said, "You can pull it down. The price of eggs is the price of meat. It's better not to farm this land. Don't worry. Once the blisters are filled, we can use the tractor to get there."

Li He breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that there was no need for people to pull the plowshare. However, if you wanted to borrow a tractor from the farm, you had to queue up and use it in rotation. Many people couldn't wait. People pulled the plowshare, and of course more horses and oxen.

He thought about buying a tractor for the He family, but in this corner, the small-horsepower tractor couldn't show its ability. It rolled back and forth in the field and fell down. There were too many weeds, entangled on the plowshare, and it couldn't be moved at all. The only option is to buy a high-horsepower tractor, but large tractors are a hot commodity. You have to go to big cities to buy them, and you have to queue up to buy them. You can't count on them for a year or a half.

"How about you go back, can you do this?" Li He still wanted He Fang to take care of the baby. Although mowing the grass was not a hard job, the food was poor after all. Not to mention taking folic acid and the like, at least the nutrition should keep up.

He Fang said disapprovingly, "You have to be active. What can you do if you don't move? It's not too tiring."

"Really?" Li He chuckled, "How about we do some exercise?"

"Die." He Fang could tell by looking at his expression that he was thinking of some bad idea.

Li He could only look at Lin and sigh. It had been his long-cherished wish for many years for the sky to be his quilt and the earth to be his bed, but it was now difficult to realize it.

After digging out the tree roots, we started to fill the blisters again. We dug out the soil from the high hill spade by shovel, then put it into the basket, and filled the blisters one by one.

If you don’t carry the burden, you don’t know how heavy it is; if you don’t walk a long way, you don’t know how far it is.

A load of soil started at 100 kilograms, which was not heavy for Li He. He was strong enough, but he couldn't bear the heavy workload. In the end, he gritted his teeth and had to switch to another shoulder if one shoulder hurt. Moreover, it is too time-consuming, one trip after another, one load after another. From the morning I start working, I hope that it will get dark soon, and then I can call it a day. It is tiring and boring.

At the end of the day, my back aches and my legs are sore. Even after a night's rest, my shoulders are burning with pain when I carry the shoulder pole the next day.

Li He happened to be the impatient type and almost gave up and left.

He Fang said, "No, I'll do it."

Although he knew that He Fang was joking, Li He didn't like to hear it. He Fang was so obsessed with her baby, how could she carry the burden?

"How can a man say no? Just watch. I will definitely do more than He Long today."

You still have to pretend, what if it comes true!

Li He took up the burden again with tears in his eyes.

That's how I persisted.

People, you really need to be forced. The key is to hold on hard at all times.

After a month of going back and forth in this wasteland of the He family, Li He finally experienced the education of going to the mountains and going to the countryside again. He Fang's belly was about to grow. It was time for the two of them to prepare for the banquet. It would be bad if her belly showed up.

Li He couldn't decide whether the He family should handle it or not. He still had to listen to his mother-in-law's opinion.

The old lady said, "It's not too much trouble, but some relatives always have to notify us and ask for a meal if they come over. You don't need to keep the gift account."

This meaning is also in line with Li He's thoughts. He is not planning to host banquets in his hometown on either side, but is only planning to return to Beijing to have two banquet tables.

He Fang also had the same idea. Even if relatives came, there would be no cooking at home. It would be easier to just arrange it in a restaurant.

But the old lady disagreed, "I came here just to have fun. There is no excitement at home anywhere. They are all relatives. It would be outrageous to go out."

He Fang smiled and understood what the old lady meant. She lived in such a big house and not a single relative had ever been here.

There were quite a few relatives in the He family. There was no room to sit in the house, so a shed was built in the open space under the building, and tables and benches were set up. Adults and children crowded into five tables.

Most of these relatives were very impressive people, and they did not look down upon or reject Li He because he was an outsider, so Li He was unambiguous in accompanying him to drink. He Fang kept winking at him to have a drink, but it was useless.

Li He ignored him, and He Fang could only stare. He couldn't ask others to stop drinking when they had guests at home. It didn't make sense. Without moving away, she pulled He Long up from the other table and went to hold back his brother-in-law's drink.

He Long was complaining, and he didn't drink less. He probably couldn't drink anymore.

However, he still went to Li He's table to mix it up. Although he wouldn't drink for Li He, at least he could attract some firepower. He admired this brother-in-law very much. It was not easy just to win over his sister!

He had seen her sister fall in the longest relationship, which was narcissistic, loving herself, and having no rival.

He knew her sister well, and to put it mildly, she was arrogant! To say something unpleasant is to say that you cannot look at people with a straight face!

I would rather be proud and moldy than fall in humble love.

He originally thought that his sister would die alone, and she was still unmarried in her thirties. It was scary to think about it!

Unexpectedly, this would catch people off guard and bring a man back, and even get a marriage certificate. What surprised him even more was that his sister could still cling to Li He's arms like a little bird, which almost blinded him.

She is not as good as a man in body, but her heart is stronger than a man's.

He really couldn't imagine that a sister like her could end up in the hands of such a young man. It was really unexpected.

However, after getting in touch at this stage, he admired this brother-in-law who was much younger than him.

He was originally worried that those who had read books would regard themselves as decent people too much and would have their eyes turned upward. After getting to know the truth, I found that this brother-in-law is extremely easy to get along with. He has no airs at all. Let's talk. He is sometimes mature and sometimes childish, which always makes people a little bit dumbfounded.

But he treats people well, and his speech is reliable. According to relatives, he is not a bear, at least not a bear at the wine table, and he dares to argue with you if you don't accept it.

What made him happiest was that his family bought a house. Although it was said that his sister bought it, he knew it in his heart. His sister only had a small salary a month. She had only sent a large sum of money to her family a few years ago. How could she still have the money in her hand? There is a balance.

So he was very sure that the money belonged to this brother-in-law. Although he didn't know what this brother-in-law did, he knew that his brother-in-law was not short of money. It could be seen from the momentum of his casual words that he had never Keep money in mind.

Besides, this house is said to honor my mother, but he is the only son in the family, so sooner or later it will be his, and he knows it well. The only dissatisfaction with this brother-in-law is that the work is too pretentious. He is either smoking or drinking water for a while, and he cannot do practical work.

At this moment, his cousin wanted to continue drinking with Li He, and he helped stop him without hesitation, "I really want to get my brother-in-law drunk, let him rest, he hasn't served the other tables yet."

Li He had already drank a lot. When the other tables at the back wanted to take turns toasting, they simply switched to beer. He couldn't drink liquor.

After drinking until everyone dispersed, He Fang said angrily, "Why did you drink so much?"

She didn't dare to drink while she was pregnant, otherwise she would have to fight for Li He herself.

The old lady said happily, "That's not to find a scene for you."

They are all relatives. If this person raises his cup, you drink it, and if the other person raises his cup, you can't say you don't want to drink it. The old lady is still awake according to these rules. Before Li He regained his strength, he started drinking again. This uncle called for dinner, and the aunt called for dinner. There were two meals a day, and the arrangements were full.

He really didn't want to drink anymore.

He was not relieved in the following days. He Fang's food was no longer to his taste. He asked angrily, "He, you have changed!"

There was no chili in the dish and it had no taste at all. How could he eat it? At least there should be some chili pepper in the meat! He tolerated not adding chili pepper, but how could he not add soy sauce!

She usually has to consider his taste and do everything to accommodate his taste.

"For the sake of the baby, we have to eat lighter food."

"But you don't eat meat!" Li He didn't have any objection to the taste of other dishes, but he had a big objection when there was no soy sauce or chili in the meat.

"For the sake of the baby, nutrition must be balanced." She usually eats more vegetables and rarely eats meat.

"Why are you reading so many books when you have nothing to do?" Li He could only feel sad and angry. She would rather she had less scientific principles. It's really all about the children.

Day by day, He Fang's stomach seemed to be getting better, so the two of them hurried back to Beijing. I took a carriage from an acquaintance to the train station in the nearby city, and then took me to Bingcheng. I stayed in Bingcheng for one night. I originally planned to fly back to Beijing from Bingcheng Airport the next day.

But He Fang wanted to go to Harbin Foreign Language School to visit a friend with whom they went to the countryside together. Li He also went with her. Harbin Foreign Language School is most famous for its Russian language major. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the best in the country. Basically Russian teachers and translators who attend many universities come from here.

He Fang's friend was a teacher there, a tall and thin woman in her thirties. When she suddenly saw He Fang, she cried and jumped for joy and refused to let He Fang leave.

The two women chatted non-stop, mostly reminiscing about the past, and Li He couldn't get in the middle of the conversation.

Li He followed and stayed in Bingcheng for another night. They booked two rooms in the hotel. The two women lit up the lights and chatted at night. He had to sleep alone in another room and sleep alone.

When we returned to Beijing the next day, it was only one o'clock at noon.

He Fang was very tired and had to cook and clean the house as before.

Li He didn't allow her to do it, "Let's hire a nanny."

He Fang shook her head, "How can you be so delicate? Don't look for trouble. I'm not used to having outsiders living here."

"Then don't move. I'll do it." Li He's lazy cancer must be cured even if it is not cured. In the first three months, the fetus is still unstable and it is easy to miscarry at this time.

This is different from cutting grass in the field. When cutting grass in the field, you can only bend down and it won't be a big problem. But there are too many trivial things to do around the house, and you have to worry about them all the time, which makes you even more tired.

Li He had to shoulder the burden of washing clothes and cooking!

He had to sigh, man, life is so tiring!